‘How absurd’: Oscar winner Ke Huy Quan lost his health insurance after filming Everything Everywhere All at Once — here are 3 ways to manage unexpected medical costs
Oscar winner Ke Huy Quan may be living up to the title of his smash-hit film Everything Everywhere All at Once, soaking up the success of the critically acclaimed sci-fi adventure flick — but his path to award-winning stardom was far from straightforward .
The former child star of Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom and The Goonies fame recently appeared on The Late Late Show with James Corden, where he…
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2022 tax deductions to look out for beyond just income, and itemized
Remember that April 18 marks the deadline for taxpayers to file their annual returns.
Tax Day is typically April 15, but because that date falls on a Saturday, and due to a Washington, DC holiday on Monday, the filing deadline was pushed to April 18.
As of April 7, the Internal Revenue Service has processed more than 101 million returns. The average refund to taxpayers is $2,878, down from $3,175 at the same time a year earlier.
If you’re scrambling to finish your taxes by midnight Tuesday, here are some reminders of often-forgotten items that might be deductible, so you…
Health insurance in Canada : Everything you need to know
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Health insurance in Canada : Everything you need to know
Health insurance in Canada provides supplemental coverage for what’s excluded from the national healthcare program
Canada boasts one of the world’s most comprehensive healthcare systems, providing free access to emergency care and regular doctor visits to all citizens and permanent residents. However, the country’s universal healthcare system does not cover everything. There are still certain services that Canadians need to pay for out of pocket, prompting many to take out private or personal health insurance.…
Ending pandemic prenatal health coverage for uninsured people is both costly and dangerous
On March 31, 2023 the Ford government in Ontario ended the expanded health-care funding it put in place when the COVID-19 pandemic began in March 2020.
This funding allowed everyone in Ontario to access essential health care. For the hundreds of thousands of people living in the province without health insurance, this meant access to necessary surgeries, emergency care and labor and delivery services without thousands of dollars in hospital and physician bills.
As a midwife who has worked in Toronto for over 20 years, largely with uninsured populations, and an associate professor who has focused my research and activism…
10 Ways to Tell You’re Truly Ready to Go Freelance
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In just five years, the number of US freelancers grew from 57.3 million to 70.4 million.
You have to be comfortable being your own boss, as you have to handle your own tax payments, get your own benefits, and figure out your work schedule.
You will also likely work more hours, but you’ll get to choose your own assignments, which is appealing.
Have you ever felt the urge to quit your W-2 job and become a freelancer? Many people are in the same boat, and the number of freelance workers is on the rise. Zippia found that in…
Singapore hikes claim limit for migrant workers’ medical insurance
Meanwhile, starting July 2025, other enhancements will be applied to the minimum medical insurance provided to migrant workers, including:
Standardization of allowable exclusion clauses. This will provide employers and employees with greater clarity on their coverage and available claims for them.
Introduction of age-differentiated premiums for those aged 50 and below, and those aged above 50. Insurers need to have differentiated premiums for workers below 50 and those above 50.
Requirement for insurers to reimburse hospitals directly upon the admissibility of the claim. With this change, employers will no longer have to pay for their workers’ hospital…
Does Divorce Change My Estate Plan?
Yes! Even if you don’t have a written estate plan, you have an estate plan per the laws of your state. If you get divorced, the nature of your estate plan will change.
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If you have a written estate plan and get divorced, once your divorce is final, you need to update your plan.
It is likely your divorce may change things such as your:
legal name,
Trustees,
beneficiaries,
Power of…
White House to expand Medicaid, ACA coverage to ‘Dreamers’
The federal government will provide government health insurance to eligible undocumented immigrants brought to the country as children under a new initiative by President Joe Biden’s administration announced Thursday.
The plan will allow people eligible for the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program to use Medicaid, a state-federal program designed for low-income and disabled Americans and get Healthcare.gov marketplace coverage through the Affordable Care Act.
Better known as DACA, the decade-old initiative allows people who were brought into the country illegally as children, often called “dreamers,” to avoid deportation. About 580,000 people are eligible for DACA, according to the Department…